President of Serbia
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| President of Serbia |
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 Standard of the President of Serbia |
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| Residence | Novi Dvor |
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| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Boris Tadić |
| Formation | 15 February 2008 |
| Website | www.predsednik.rs |
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The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia.
The current President of Serbia is Boris Tadić, who was elected with 50.31% of the vote in the Serbian presidential election, 2008.
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[edit] Authority, legal and constitutional rights
The President can:
- preside in five-year mandate
- be elected for president twice
- have immunity granted by National Assembly
- disband National Assembly and Government
- declare state of emergency
- call for elections
- represent the country
- confer medals and awards
- veto a bill until the assembly have reconsidered it, and approved it a second time
The Speaker of the Parliament (President of the National Assembly) serves as interim president if the elected president resigns from office, or if his/her term expires and a new president is not elected.
[edit] Symbols
The President of Serbia has his own flag called Presidential Standard.
[edit] Office
The Presidential Office is located in Novi Dvor.
Chief of Staff is Miodrag Rakić.
Secretary General of the Office is Branko Radujko.
Director of People's Office of the President is Tatjana Pašić.
[edit] Advisors
Advisors to the President of the Republic carry out the analytical, advisory and other corresponding tasks for the needs of the President of the Republic as well as other expert tasks in relations of the President with the Government and the Parliament.[1]
| Advisor | Portfolio |
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| Gordana Matković | General Affairs |
| Trivo Inđić | Political Issues |
| Mlađan Đorđević | Legal Issues |
| Nebojša Krstić | Public Relations |
| Vojislav Brajović | Culture |
| Jovan Ratković | EU/NATO relations |
Previous advisors who served from 2005 to 2008 are Biserka Jevtimijević Drinjaković (economic issues), Vladimir Cvijan (legal issues) and Dušan T. Bataković and Leon Cohen (political issues). Most of the former advisors are now serving as directors of public enterprises and ambassadors.
[edit] Presidents of the Republic of Serbia
[edit] Presidental election, 2008
| Candidates | Nominating parties | Votes 1st round | % | Votes 2nd round | % |
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| Boris Tadić | Democratic Party | 1,457,030 | 35.39 | 2,304,467 | 50.31 |
| Tomislav Nikolić | Serbian Radical Party | 1,646,172 | 39.99 | 2,197,155 | 47.97 |
| Velimir Ilić | New Serbia | 305,828 | 7.43 | ||
| Milutin Mrkonjić | Socialist Party of Serbia | 245,889 | 5.97 | ||
| Čedomir Jovanović | Liberal Democratic Party | 219,689 | 5.34 | ||
| Ištvan Pastor | Hungarian Coalition | 93,039 | 2.26 | ||
| Milanka Karić | Serbian Strength Movement – Bogoljub Karić | 40,332 | 0.98 | ||
| Marijan Rističević | Coalition People's Peasant Party – United Peasant Party | 18,500 | 0.45 | ||
| Jugoslav Dobričanin | Reformist Party | 11,894 | 0.29 | ||
| Total valid votes | 98.09 | 98.28 | |||
| Registered Voters | 6,708,697 | 6,723,762 | |||
| Total turnout | 4,116,844 | 61.37 | 4,580,428 | 68.12 | |
| Valid | 4,038,382 | 98.09 | 4,501,622 | 98.28 | |
| Invalid | 78,462 | 1.91 | 78,806 | 1.72 | |
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